bladder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
    vesica.
  2. noun a bag that fills with air

WordNet

Blad"der noun
Etymology
OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bldre, blddre; akin to Icel. blara, SW. bläddra, Dan. blære, D. blaar, OHG. blatara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. blawan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.
  2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.
  3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
  4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with bladders of philosophy." Rochester.
Blad"der transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bladdered present participle & verbal noun Bladdering
Definitions
  1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. Obs. G. Fletcher.
  2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.

Webster 1913